We talk to Daryl Hannah

Some celebrities come out with a fragrance or fashion line or even a video game. Daryl Hannah? She prefers releasing board games.

Hannah -- who appeared in "Splash," "Blade Runner" and "Kill Bill" -- is promoting her second board game, Liebrary, along with co-creator and fellow actress Hilary Shepard.

"We just like playing games," Hannah said Thursday at the James Hotel. "Whenever we're like, 'We wish this game existed,' we just end up making it."

In Liebrary, players must determine what the actual first line is in a famous book. The submissions include the real first line and fake first lines written by other players. Hannah said they pitched the idea to companies more than a decade ago but were repeatedly shot down.

"At that time, they were all like, 'Games need be on CD-ROM,'" Hannah said. "They weren't interested in games you play with each other. Now with the economy being the way it is, game nights are real popular again. People are coming back to what really matters in life -- relating to family and friends."

Hannah and Shepard will be at the Chicago Toy & Game Fair at Navy Pier on Saturday.

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